Base-ball-game apparatus.



H. T. BUCK.

BASE BALL GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-4. 1918.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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WITNESSES HOWARD TAYLOR BUCK, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BASE-BALL-GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

Application filed January 4, 1918. Serial No. 210,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, HOWARD TAYLOR BUCK, a citizen of the United Statesyand a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Base-Ball-Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion.

The ob ect of the invention is to provide a new and improved baseball game apparatus more especially designed for the use of two players located at opposite sides of the game table, the apparatus being arranged to require considerable skill on the part of two players to successfully play the game of baseball according to standard or league rules.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a game board representing a baseball field provided with a raised diamond having a marginal runway and a home plate, a pitchers ball propelling device mounted on the diamond and controlled by one of the players located at the rear of the game board, a movable bat mounted on the home plate and'under the control of another player located at the front of the game board to propel the pitchers ball overthe field, base propelling devices under the con trol of the second player and located in the said runway at the. several bases which propel a ball from one base to another and from board 10 is the third base to the home plate, and a batters propelling device located in the runway adjacent the home plate to propel a ball to the said propelling device at the first base.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a art of this specification, in which similar 0 aracters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game apparatus; and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The game apparatus is mounted on agame board-10 representing a'baseball field and rovided with a rim 11 extending above and elow the game board 10, as plainly indicated in Flg. 2. On the top of the game arranged a raised diamond 12 terminating at the front in a home plate 13 which extends to the front of the rim 11. The diamond 12 is providedwith a mar 'nal runway 14 which begins at the right and side of the home plate 13 and. terminates a distance from the left hand side of the said home plate to provide an opening 15 for the exit of a ballpropelled along the runway 14 from the third base to the home plate.

The diamond 12 is provided at the pitchers place with an opening 20 through which extends a pin 21 secured on the forward end of a pitchers lever 22 extending beneath the game board 10 and fulcrumed on a plate 23 attached to the rear end of the rim 11. The rear end of the lever 22 projects a short distance beyond the plate 23 to permit the player located at this end of the game board to actuate the lever 22 by pressing the same downward with one finger thus raising the pin 21. The pin 21 has a beveled top which faces the home plate 13 and hence when a ball 24 is seated in the opening 20, as shown in Fig. 2, and the lever 22 is actuated then the ball is propelled forward over the diamond 12 toward the home plate 13. At the home plate 13 is arranged a bat 25 adapted to be manipulate'd'by the player located at the front of the game board to hit the ball propelled by the pin 21 of the pitchers le ver, as above explained, to send this ball over the field. The bat 25 is preferably pivoted at 26 to the top of the home plate 13, and this pivot 26 is adjacent the third bases are arranged first, second and third base openings 30, 31 and 32 in which extend pins 33, 34 and 35 secured to the base levers 36, 37 and 38 fulcrumedon a plate 39 arranged at the front of the ram 11, as plainly illustrated in the drawings. forward ends of the base levers 36, 37 and 38 project beyond the plate 39 to be with-' in convenient reach of the operator located at this end of the game board. The pins 3 3, 34. and 35 have beveled tops, of Wl'llCh the beveled top of the pin 33 aces toward the The pin 34, the beveled top of which faces toward the pin 35, and the beveled top of the latter faces toward the home plate 13. Thus when a ball is in pos1t1on at any one of the openings 30, 31 and 32 and the operator actuates the corresponding base lever 36,

37 or 38 then such ball is propelled along the 85 handle of I the bat and engages the home plate 13 at the Ell runway 14 from one base to the other or from the third base to the exit opening 15 of the runway 14. An opening is arranged in the runway 14 adjacent the home plate 13 and into this opening 40 projects a pin 41 held on a batters lever 42 fulcrumed on the plate 39 and projecting beyond the same to be within convenient reach of the player located at this end of the game board. The top of the pin 41 is provided with a bevel which faces toward the first base openlng 30, and when a ball is in position in the opening 40 and the batt-ers lever 42 is actuated then the pin 41 propels the ball toward the first base opening 30 to be seated therein on top of the pin 33. Each of the levers 22, 36, 37, 38 and 42 is provided at its inner end with a guide slot engaged by a pin 51 driven into the under side of the game board 10 to properly guide the lever in its up and down swinging movement, The head 52 of the pin limits the downward swinging movement of the lever and sup ports the inner end thereof.

On top of the game board 10 adjacent the rear end thereof is arranged a transverse partition provided with a number of openings 61 for the passage of a ball sent over the field by the bat 25. The ball passing through one of the openings 61 to the rear of the partition 60 is retained by a retaining flap 62 of cloth, paper or other flexible material, which allows a ball to pass to the rear of the partition 60 butprevents return movement thereof. in order to protect the several levers on the under side of the game board 10 against dust or other extraneous matter, a bottom L 0 is attached to the underside of the rim ll. indicated Fig. 2,

in playing the game, a ball is seated in the opening 20 and rests on the bevel top of the pin 21, and then the player located at the rear end of the game board actuates the lever 22 so that this ball is propelled forward toward the but 25 which is manipulated by the other player with a view to hit the ball and send the same over the field. /Vhen a hit is made the player at the front end of the game board places another ball in the OPCHHW 40 on top of the pin 41 and then presses the lever 42 so that this ball is pro pelled forward along the runway 14 to the first base opening 30 to rest on to of the pin 33. This ball is propelled forward "from the first base opening 30 by the pin 33 to the second base opening 31 on the operator actuating the first baselever 36 at the proper time, and in a like manner a ball at the second base opening 31 may be propelled to ward the third base opening 32 on the operator pressing the lever 3? at the proper time, and the ball at the third base opening 32 is propelled forward along the runway 14 on the operator manipulating the lever 38 at the proper time. From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described the game of baseball can be played practically according to standard or league rules, and it depends on the skill of the opposing players to play the same successfully, that is, to score as high as possible during each inning,

The game apparatus shown and described is very simple in construction and composed of comparatively few parts not liable to get easily out of order.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. Abaseball game apparatus comprising a board having a diamond terminating at the front in a home plate, said diamond being provided with a marginal runway having openings representing the bases and an opening adjacent the home plate, tne diamond being provided with an opening indicating the pitchers place, the several openings being adapted to receive a ball, a bat pivoted at the home plate, a pivoted lever below the board and projecting beyond one end of the board, said lever having at its inner end a beveled pin projecting into the opening representing the pitcher s plate, and a plurality of pivoted levers, one for each opening of the runway, below the board and projectingbeyond the end of the board opposite that from which the first lever projects, each lever having a beveled pin projecting into an opening of the runway.

A baseball game apparatus, comprising a game board representing a baseball field provided with a raised diamod having a marginal runway and a h plate, a pitchcr s ball propelling device mounted on the diamond and controlled by one player located at the rear of the board, a movable bat mounted on the home plate and under the control. of another player located the iiront of the game board. to propel the pitchers ball over the field, base propelling devices under the control of the second player and located in the said runway at the several bases to propel a ball from one base to another and from the third base to the home plate, and a retaining partition erected on the game board adjacent the rear end of the field, the partition having openings for the passage of a ball.

3 A baseball game apparatus, comprising a game board representing a baseball field provided with a raised diamond having a marginal runway and a home plate, a pitchers ball propelling device mounted on the diamond and controlled by one player located at the rear of the game board, a movable bat mounted on the home plate and under the control of another player located at the front of the game board to propel the pitchers ball. over the field, base propelling devices under the' control of the second player and located in the said runway at the several bases to propel a ball from one base to another and from the third base to the home plate, a retaining partition erected on the game board adjacent the rear end of the field, the partition having openings for the passage of a ball, and a retaimng means.

on the back of the partition to retain a ball passing through an opening.

4. A baseball game apparatus, comprisin a game board representing a baseball fiel provided with a raised diamond having a marginal runway, an opening at the pitchers place of the diamond, an opening at thebeginning of the runway and openings at the bases of the runway, a home plate, a pitchers lever fulcrumed on the under side of the game board and having its outer end projecting beyond the rear end of the game board, the forward end of the lever being provided with a propelling pin extending through the said pitchers opening and having a beveled top facing the home plate, base levers fulcrumed on the under side of the game board and extending be- 0nd the front thereof, the rear ends of said ase levers being provided with pins extending through the b runway, the base levers having beveled tops facing forwardly to project a ball from one base to another and from the third base to the home plate, and a batters lever fulcrumed on the under side of the game board and havin its forward end projecting beyond the. rout of the game board, the rear end of the extending through the said batters opening ase openings at the said batters lever having a pin pltchers place of the diamond, an opening at the beginning of the ings at the bases of the runway, a home plate, a pitchers lever fulcrumed on the under side of the game board and having its outer end projecting beyond the rear end of the game board, the forward end of the lever being provided with a propelling pin extending through the said pitchers opening and having a beveled top facing the home plate, base levers fulcrumed on the'under side of the game board and extending beyond the front thereof, the rear ends of the said base levers being provided with pins extending through the base openings at the runway, the base levers having beveled tops facing forwardly to propel a ball from one base to another and from the third base to the home plate, a batters'lever fulcrumed on the under side of the game board and having its forward end projecting beyond the front of the game board, the rear end of the said batters lever having a pin extending through the said batters opening and provided with a beveled top facing toward the first base, and a bat pivoted at the home plate, the pivot being adjacent the handle of the bat and the body of the bat extending across the home plate. I

HOWARD T. BUCK.

In presence of LOUIS NUsBAUM.

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